Food-warmer.



I. 0. BROWN. FOOD WABMER.

APPLICATION FILED APLR, 1910.

Patented Dec. 27, 1910.

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F. 0. BROWN. r001) w Agpma. APPLICATION TILED APR. 2, 1910.

Patented Dec.27,1910.

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, UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FIRMIN C. BROWN, OF CHARLESTON," WEST VIRGINIA.

FOOD-WABMER.

cooked mealsj fa're carried out from restaurants, hotels and similar places to apartments, ofiices, residences, and cottages at public resorts.

' The invention'has for one of its objects to provide an extremely simple, effective and practical device of this character which 'wil-l'eil'ectively keep the food and dishes warmwhile being transported, which will hold a large quantityand variety of foods,

- and'which will'enable the foods to bekept ii'fli thoroughly sanitary ing, transported. v p

Another objectof the invention is the provision of, a portable holder for foods concondition while bek'. tained pans or other receptacles and lates'to he 'used at the meal, and a burner for supplying the heat for keeping the contents of thedevice hot.

ith these objects 11 view, and others as Q Qyill appear as the description proceeds; the

invention comprises the various novel features of construction and a1 angement of parts which will be mo're fully described' hereinafter and set forth with particularity in the claims appended hereto.

In the accompanying drawing, which illustrates one embodiment of the inven tion;--Figure 1 is a front view of the device with the doors removed. Figi 9. is an end view thereof. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the food warmer. Fig. 4 is a transverse sec tion on line i -L of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a detachable platform or support to be used in connection with a heater for cooking purposes.

Similar reference characters are employed to designate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawing, A designates the body of the device, which is of any desired shape and size and constructed of sheet metal or any other suitable material. The body in the present instance is shown as a hollow rectangular structure closed at all sides except the frontier permitting the food containing receptacles, dishes, and the receiving a number of plates.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Dec. 27, 1910.

Application filed April 2, 1910. Serial No. 552,985.

like to be placed in the warmer or removed therefrom, and this open side or .front of the casing can be closed by oppositely swingin'g doors 1, which are connected with the end walls 2 of the casing by hinges 3. The casing is provided with corner supporting legs 4:, on which the device ran rest, and in order to'conveniently transport the device, the same is provided with a bail or handle 6. In the bottom of the casing or body'A is 'a shallow steam generating compartment 7, which is heated by a lamp or other heating burner 8 that is arranged in a drawer 9 disposedunder the casing, the legs t supporting the casing high enough to permit the drawer to be removed for access to the lamp. The drawer has laterally extending flanges 10 that engage in guides 11 secured on the bottom of the casing and as this drawer is open at the top, the llamc from the lamp will impinge on the bottom of the water containing compartment 7 and efl'ectively heat the same, the said drawer having openings 12 for admitting air to support combustion. Steam can enter the casing froin the compartment 7 through a short tube 13 adjacent one corner of the casing at the bottom 1 thereof.

At the outside of the compartment at one end 18 a plate holding rack, designated generally by B, which consists of two downwardly inclined members 14, fastened to the end of the casing and bent inwardly toward'each other so as to form a pocket for Extending from one member 14 to the other is a cross bar 15 which holds the members in fixed relation and prevents the plates from dropping laterally out of the rack. Under the rack, which is open at its bottom, is a device for keeping the plates in the rack hot, and in the present instance, this device is in the form of an elbow 16 connected with the compartment or steam chamber 7, so that the rising vapor will heat the plates.

Arranged within the casing or body A are shelves for supporting dishes and pans, the arrangement of the shelves can be varied as desired, but as herein shown, a. plurality of shelves 17 are arranged in one end of the casing to support vegetable supporting pans 18, and in the remaining part of the casing are shelves 1.? 21 forming individual compartments 20 for holding dishes and the like, the shelves being preferably perforated so as to permit of a ready circulation by the heated air in the casing, the bottom invention, together with the device which I of the heated air and steam. On top of the casing; areshallow covered pans 22 secured in place, andthese are of such size as to be convenient for holding asparagus, corn ears, and the like, the said pans being kept hot of the pans being contiguous with the top of the casing so that heat canbe communi catrd to the pans and their contents.

If any of the foods delivered are not sufiiciently cooked, it is possible to further cook them to suit the wishes of the patron and for this purpose the removable platform, shown in Fig. 5, may be employed. The same consistsoi a supporting plate 9.3 having legs 24, and this can be positioned over the lamp 8 and. the food to be further cooked can be set on the plate 23 so that the flame from the lamp will pass through the open ing 25 and heat the pan or dish containing the food to be further cooked. This detach-v able platform or stool shaped structure can be carried in the lamp holding drawer if desired. a i

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanyin'g drawings, the advantages of the construction and of the method of operation will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art to which 1 the invention relates, and while I have described the principle of operation of the now consider to be the best embodiment thereof, I desire to have it understood that the device shown is merely illustrative and that such changes may be made whende sired as are within the scope of the claims. What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:-

1. A food warmer comprising a casing a shallow horizontal chamber formed in the bottom of the casing for containing Water, means under the casing and chamber for heating the water to generate steam, separate means for respectively discharging steam into the casing and out of the same, and a dish-holding rack carried by the casing and arranged to receive steam from the latter steam-discharging means.

2. A food warmer comprising a casing, a i heater for heating; the contents of the easing,

a rack outside of the casing forplates, and a steam generating means arranged in co operative relation with the rack for heating the plates therein.

A food warmer comprising a casing, a steam e-enerating chamber in the bottom of the casing, a heater for the chamber, a rack on the outside of the casing for holding plates, means for conducting steam from the chamber into the casing, and means for heating the. plates in the rack by vapor from the chamber.

A. food warmer comprising a casing, a steam generating chamber in the bottom of the casino, a heater for the chamber, means for corahicting steam from the chamber to the casing. a plate holding- 'aclr supported on the outside of the casing and open at its bottom, and a steam outlet connected with 4 the chamber and discharging steam into the rack for heating the plates therein.

5. A food warmer comprising a casing, a shallow steamgenerating chamber extending horizontall of the casing at the bottom thereof, compartments arranged in super; imposed relation over the chamber and com mnnicating' with each other, means for discharging steam .irom the chamber to the compartments, a heater disposed under the chamber, a plate holder disposed outside the casing, and means under the plateholder and connected with the chamber'for direct:- ing steam a g ainst the plates in the holder.

in testimony whereof I atlix my signature 8 in presence of two witnesses.

FIRMIN C. BRONN. 

